The ecological importance of mixed-severity fires : nature's phoenix /: nature's phoenix. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Dominick A. DellaSala, Chad T. Hanson.
• Authors: DellaSala, Dominick A, 1956-; Hanson, Chad
• Contents: Preface Section I: Biodiversity of Mixed- and High-Severity Fires 1. Setting the Stage for Mixed- and High-Severity Fires 2. Ecological and Biodiversity Benefits of Mega-Fires 3. Using Bird Ecology to Learn about the Benefits of Severe Fire 4. Mammal Habitat Selection in Mixed- and High-Severity Fires 5. Stream-Riparian Ecosystems of Mixed- and High-Severity Fires 6. Bark Beetles and Mixed- and High-Severity Fires in Rocky Mountain Subalpine Forests Section 2: Global Perspectives on Mixed- and High-Severity Fires 7. High-Severity Fire in Chaparral: Cognitive Dissonance in the Shrublands 8. Regional Case Studies of Mixed-Severity Fires: South-East Australia, Sub-Saharan Africa, Central Europe, and Boreal Canada 9. Climate Change and Mixed- and High-Severity Fires: Uncertainties, Shifting Baselines, and Fire Management 10. Carbon Dynamics of Mixed- and High-Severity Wildfires: Pyrogenic CO2 Emissions, Post-fire Carbon Balance, and Succession Section 3: Managing Mixed- and High-Severity Fires 11. In the Aftermath of Mixed- and High-Severity Fire: Logging and Related Actions Degrade Mixed and High-Severity Burn Areas 12. The Rising Costs of Wildfire Suppression and the Case for Ecological Fire Use 13. Flight of the Phoenix: Coexisting with Mixed-Severity Fires
• Publisher Details: Amsterdam : Elsevier
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 333.75; Forest fires -- Environmental aspects
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780128027608
• Related ISBNs: 9780128027493
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